AngelDream Crafts: String Alongs

Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Summer Fun ATC's for Gina's Designs Lasercuts

Hi friends, today I have some fun summer ATC's to share with you. Gina custom cut me some ATC blanks, and I was totally inspired by summer when I created these.

I love the fun and colour palette of the summer! I wanted to share a little tutorial with you for this first ATC I will show you below here. I created a fun background for this ATC using the Cardstock Doily Intricates.

I started off with one of the chipboard blanks and a watercolour blank. I got out some of Gina's Cardstock doilies next, and decided to use the doilies as a stencil this time. I used some of my favorite sprays in blues and teals and white. I love these doilies, they are so versatile!

I started off with a darker colour first then layered on some of the lighter ones, moving the doily and changing up which one I used (cuz you get lots of different ones in the package!).

Lastly, I used some white distress spray as the last spray to add more contrast. These doilies are so useful for stencilling and now that I have them coloured from the sprays they are ready to use on another project later

Here is my finished background.

After the background was done I used my dragonfly stamp from Prima and embossed it with white embossing powder and used some blue ink to stamp the body of the dragonfly. I then used some Silks Acrylic Glazes on the chipboard dragonfly and added my sentiment to complete the ATC.

For the next ATC, I used the String Along Shape Set Shells for this piece and cut it apart to make the bubbles. I used some sticky back canvas for the background piece and played with my watercolours to make some bubbles in the background.

Once I was happy with the watercolour, I added some highlights with my white sharpie pen. For the corners of the ATC, I used some nail art, crushed shells to add texture.

For the next ATC I used the Beach Shape Set. I used my Twinkling H20's to give a "beachy" type background.

One of my favorite things to do, is to walk along the beach collecting shells and stones for my collection, so that was my inspiration for this ATC.

I embossed the chipboard with some gold embossing powder then when that was heated up I sprinkled some Aged Ivory embossing powder from Stampendous on them. I love the texture and dimension that playing around with embossing powder gives to the chipboard pieces.

Lastly, I used some glitter and mica flakes which I adhered down with some clear glue and a little jute bow to top off the sand dollar.

I hope you have enjoyed my post today, check out all these great items in Gina's Store.

Gina's Designs Items Used

Beach Shape Set

String Alongs - Shells

Cardstock Doilies Intricate

Dragonflies Fancy

Custom Cut ATCs (Available upon request)

Other Products Used

Twinkling H2o's

Stampendous Embossing Powder

Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Powder

Silks Acrylic Glazes

Prima Twine

Stampendous Mica Flakes

Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Mini Heart Display Tray a Gina's Designs DT Project for January

Welcome everyone! Kim here today to share another cross-promotional project from Gina's Designs and The Robin's Nest. Today I have created one of Gina's Mini Heart Display Trays in a Valentine Theme. I began by lining the tray with papers from The Robin's Nest Wild About U collection.

Below you can see some of the embellishments I have used to decorate my Tray. In the top left section I used some textured vellum over top of the striped paper, in a red damask design. I then layered on some letters from my stash to represent my husband and my initials, and topped it with a metal crown. I added some flowers, a wooden sentiment and a metal rose from my stash to frame that section. At the top of the tray, I adhered a lovely red rose on top of a metal filigree piece, which I embossed in a vintage white colour, then added a few bits of ribbon and lace from my stash.

The second photo here, shows the other section on the heart with the velvet damask overlay. To this section I've added a lovely vintage lady image. In the image her back is turned, so I've added some tiny little gold wings to her back.

This section below features one of Gina's Intricate Doilies, and a lovely little layered heart from the Valentine Shape Set. I fussy cut a vintage image to place inside the heart and then used embossing powder on the chipboard. I also added some glossy accents to the inside, and some white micro beads for texture.

In the section below, I have used the double heart from the Valentine Shape Set, again embossing the chipboard, adding glossy accents, but this time using the red micro beads sprinkled inside.

These Two hearts below from the Valentine Shape Set are in two pieces, I have used some of the Robin's Nest Velvet Glitter Paper to cover the inside of the heart and then for the little frame, some shabby white embossing powder. I have added some lovely little flowers to accent them.

In this section I have added a key from the Valentine Shape Set, embossed it with some Shabby white embossing powder and added a lovely two toned paper rose. Below that you can see a small metal sentiment from my stash which reads "amour".

Here below is one of the new pieces in Gina's Store. It is part of the Heart String Along set. This one is the Love String Along, and I have placed it in the center of the heart with a paper rose at the top and a vintage cameo from my stash in the center of the string part. The word love has been embossed with a colour called Chinese Red from Ranger.

Here is another full view of my Heart Display Tray. I really love these mini trays they are so much fun to alter and really hold a lot of goodies for embellishing. I hope you like what I have created for you today!